Onagraceae FAMILY

Fuchsia fulgens

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fuchsia fulgens is an erect, soft-wooded shrub growing from a thickened, tuberous underground rootstock, it can grow 50 - 300cm tall[ 430 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 69 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1982 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a treatment of section Fuchsia in the Genus Fuchsia. ]. The plant often grows as an epiphyte in trees or on rocks[ 430 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 69 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1982 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a treatment of section Fuchsia in the Genus Fuchsia. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild and consumed locally. The plant is grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeSouthern N. America - central Mexico.

HabitatRocky places, old walls, woodlands and open areas, often as an epiphyte on oaks, in Jalisco, Michoacan and Morelia[ 260 Title Conservatory and Indoor Plants Volumes 1 & 2 Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books, London. Year 1998 ISBN 0-330-37376-5 Description Excellent photos of over 1,100 species and cultivars with habits and cultivation details plus a few plant uses. Many species are too tender for outdoors in Britain though there are many that can be grown outside. ]. Found especially around seepages and waterfalls, at elevations of 1,450 - 2,300 metres[ 430 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 69 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1982 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a treatment of section Fuchsia in the Genus Fuchsia. ].